Vietnam received an
estimated $18.1 billion in new FDI pledges from January to November this year.

Ho Chi Minh City and
Hanoi have been ranked 10th and 17th respectively out of the top 25 emerging
market cities on the fDi 2016/17 Global Cities of the Future listing,
a global investment service provided by the Financial Times.

Chinese cities dominated
the ranking with Shanghai and Beijing claiming the top two places.

Thailand’s Bangkok was
the other Southeast Asian city named on the list, placed above Ho Chi Minh City and
Hanoi in 9th.

In the top 25 overall
ranking, which included emerging and developed countries, Singapore kept its
position at the top of the table as the Global City of the Future 2016/17, with
London holding strong in second place and Dublin displacing Hong Kong to rank
third.

The ASEAN
Investment Report 2016 showed that Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV)
recorded a combined 38 percent jump in FDI inflows to $17.4 billion last year
from the year before. Their share as recipients of the investment flowing into
the region rose from 10 percent in 2014 to 14 percent in 2015.